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VOLUME 46 — NUMBER 1
25 th Annual March of Dimes
Drive Underway This Month
The goal of the 25th anniver
sary March of Dimes this Jan
uary is to provide the best of
medical care, in their own com
munities, to the hundreds of
thousands of American children
disabled by birth defects and
arthritis, according to Basil O’-
Connor, president of the Na
tional Foundation.
Already more than 50 treat
ment centers have been estab
lished throughout the county,
with March of Dimes funds, to
make available medical care for
children suffering from these
two crippiers and polio.
It was following the victory
over polio that The National
Foundation-March of Dimes
came to grips with the problems
of birth defects and arthritis, the
greatest crippiers of mankind.
An estimated 250,000 infants are
born with significant birth de
fects each year in this country
one every other minute — and at
least 42,000 children are among
the 11 million Americans suffer
ing from arthritis, Mr. O’Connor
pointed out.
Although these are leading
causes of disability in children,
adequate medical care for the
great majority stricken by these
and other chronic disabling dis
eases is not available. Perceiv
ing this gap in the country’s
health needs, the National Foun
dation-March of Dimes began
its financing of medical centers
to make available early and ac
curate diagnosis along with ex
pert treatment which can often
prevent or correct progressive
crippling of young limbs and
bodies.
Another immediate concern of
The March of Dimes is to sup
port research to find the causes
and means of preventing these
crippiers. This research is al
ready leading to greater under
standing of genetics, heredity,
the effects of drugs on living or
ganisms, and other phenomena
which may throw light on the
mysteries of birth defects and
arthritis.
This is the imaginative, en
couraging work supported by
the March of Dimes funds which
compassionate American people
“Give for the Life of a Child.”
March of Dimes
Directors Named
The following persons have
been named to the 1963 Brantley
County March of Dimes cam
paign committee: director, James
Stone; assistant director, Her
bert Colvin; Secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. Eula Ellis.
The 1963 March of Dimes is
scheduled from Jan. 2, through
Jan. 31. The theme for this
years campaign is “Give For
The Life Os A Child.”
The March of Dimes campaign
has always received generous
support from the people of
Brantley county. The 1963 cam
paign committee ask that this
generous support be continued
during the 1963 campaign.
Harvesting the Forest Crop
By George A. Loyd
County Agent
Timber grows pretty much ac
cording to the way it’s cut. Wise
use of the axe and saw will help
the timber stand put on profit
able growth.
The fifth step in our six-step
woodland management program
is Good Harvesting Practices.
Perhaps our worst problem in
timber harvesting is that too
many of us cut too heavily when
we harvest. This seems to be
particularly true when harvest
ing sawtimber. It is also true of
some pulpwood harvests.
Harvesting the right trees at
the right time is one of the real
ly important aspects of timber
production. Once a tree is cut
it should be placed on the pro
per market or put to its best
use.
One of our greatest needs in
the overall forestry program is
to grow more trees to larger
sizes. The biggest profit is in the
larger trees. Much of our saw
timber is harvested “down to a
10-inch stump.” If timber is
sold to a minimum stump dia
meter of 10 inches, we are often
killing the goose just before the
laying of the proverbial golden
egg. Trees increase in volume
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Benjamin Herrin
Funeral Service
Held Thursday
Benjamin Brantley Herrin, age
42, died Tuesday afternoon fol
lowing a sudden illness.
A native of Brantley County,
he was educated in Brantley
County schools. He was a service
station operator and made his
home in Pensacola, Fla., for the
past seven years.
Herrin was the son of the late
J. M. Herrin, Sr., and Ida King
Herrin. He was a veteran of
World War II and a member of
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.
Herrin is survived by his wid
ow, the former Mrs. Frances
Greer of Pensacola, Fla.; two
step-sons, Jimmy Greer and
Barry Greer, both of Pensacola;
three sisters, Miss Mary Ann
Herrin, Waycross, Mrs. G. W.
Wainright, Nahunta, and Mrs. L.
E. Dickerson, Hoboken; six broth
ers, D. F. Herrin, Z. K. Herrin,
Ed Herrin and Ross Herrin, all
of Waycross, Dan W. Herrin, Ho
boken, and J. H. Herrin Nahunta;
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, Jan. 3 at 2 P .M. at
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.
Burial was in Thomas Cemetery.
Georgia Tobacco Is
Used and Advertised
By Firm in Germany
Georgia tobacco is being used
in a new German cigarette and
the manufacturer is advertising
“Georgia basis” on every pack.
ELLIS is the new brand man
ufactured by Germany’s largest
cigarette-producing firm, Reem
tsma. The package of 20 ciga
rettes sells in Germany for about
44 cents.
The new boost given Georgia
tobacco on the European market
was reported to the Georgia De
partment of Commerce by the
office of the American Consulate
General in Hamburg, Germany.
The Consulate’s Agricultural Of
ficer noted in the report to Geor
gia Department of Commerce
Director Jack Minter that the
recent European Trade Mission
to Germany likely played a part
in the advertising of the tobac
co’s origin.
Director Minter, commenting
on the report from Germany
said, “This is a new twist that
we have not heard before; how
ever, we are quite delighted to
see the people in Germany are
recognizing quality!”
FROZEN FOOD STORAGE
The most common cause of
poor quality in frozen foods is
storage at temperatures too high.
For satisfactory storage the temp
erature should be zero degrees
Fahrenheit or lower. A single
exposure to temperatures much
too high can cause severe dam
age to food. Repeated exposures
to temperatures only a few de
grees too high can do the same
thing, says Miss Nelle Thrash,
Extension food preservation spec
ialist.
and value faster from around
nine or ten inches in diameter
up to around twelve or thirteen
inches. Selling trees down to a
10-inch stump means that many
trees are cut just when they are
ready to do their best work.
Dorsey Dyer, head of our Ex
tension foresters has a saying
that “12 is twice as much as 10!”
In comparing a 10-inch tree with
a 12-inch tree this is true. A 12-
inch tree will yield about twice
as much timber as a 10-inch,
and if you add the extra value
of the 12-inches that comes from
the wider boards the value will
more than double.
We do not mean that you can
keep all your 10-inch trees and
grow them into 12-inchers. If a
good growth rate is maintained
we must make regular thinnings.
It doesn’t help much to make a
12 out of a 10 if it takes 15 or
20 years to do it.
Timber should be harvested
regularly but wisely. Timber
doesn’t grow much unless some
of it is cut, and cut regularly.
Don’t be afraid to harvest but
don’t overdo it.
In our next and final article
in this forestry series we will
discuss step 6: Wise Selling
Practices.
Brantley Enterprise
Florida Woman
Killed in
Hoboken Accident
A Palatka, Fla., woman was
killed Thursday afternoon when
the auto in which she was a pas
senger crashed into an Atlantic
Coast Line freight train at a
grade crossing in Hoboken.
State Troopers G. M. Christ
ian and W. E. Peacock said Mrs.
Mildred Brewster age 33, was
apparently killed instantly. The
troopers said John Leslie Car
ter, age 40, also of Palatka, was
injured in the accident.
The patrol listed Carter as
driver of the auto. He is report
ed in good condition at Memor
ial Hospital with a shoulder
fracture and "bruises.
Christian and Peacock said
the Carter vehicle was traveling
south on Georgia Highway 121 at
an apparent high rate of speed.
According to the patrol, the
driver apparently disregarded
railroad crossing signs and speed
limit signs in the area.
The investigators said the auto
struck the second power unit of
the ACL freight train. Investi
gators said the auto swerved a
way from the train and the right
side of the vehicle struck the en
gine and Carter was thrown out
the opposite side of the car.
The accident occurred at 4 p.
m. Thursday, Dec. 27 near the
intersection of Georgia 121 and
U. S. 82 at Hoboken.
Christian and Peacock said the
train was ACL freight No. 505
with A. H. Clark as engineer and
C. E. George as conductor.
Damages to the 1963 model
auto wene estimated by the pa
trol at $2,800. The diesel engine
was not damaged, the patrol
said.
According to members of the
family, Mrs. Brewster and Carter
had attended a funeral in Bax
ley and were returning to Palat
ka when the accident occurred.
Mrs. Brewster was a native of
Appling County. She was a
member of Lemon Heights Bap
tist Church in Palatka.
Survivors are one son, David
William Brewster, Palatka, and
her mother, Mrs. Roy Wise, Pa
latka.
The body has been sent to Pa
latka for funeral and burial.
Teen Talk Translators Needed
For Events in March of Dimes
"What’s a gym jam? A Salk
1 hop? A sock shuffle?
Do you give up? Want a
translation?
All three are names of
dances that will be held by
teenagers across the coun
try this January in honor
of the 25th Anniversary
March of Dimes.
, The authority for this infor
mation is a blonde, hazel-eyed
beauty who is national chair
man for the Teen Age Pro
gram (TAP) of The National
Foundation-March of Dimes.
She’s Suzie Willett, 18, Wil
mington, Del., a freshman at
Russell Sage College, Troy,
N.Y., where she is studying
nursing. She became a March
of Dimes volunteer several
years ago because she “wanted
to help people.”
An enthusiastic worker, she
traveled the state of Delaware
and showed high school stu
dents how they could help car
ry out the March of Dimes
programs to fight birth defects,
arthritis and polio—a trio of
crippiers of concern to young
people as well as to older age
groups.
This fall and winter, as the
top TAP, she’s beep corre
sponding and talking with
teens all over the country, ad
vising them how they can
make themselves useful in
March of Dimes activities in
their home towns.
“Just about all the teens I've
met in my travels for the
March of Dimes really want to
do something constructive,’’
Suzie says. “Most of them join
TAP groups because this gives
them an opportunity to con
tribute to the life of their com
munity.
“There have been several
national surveys which show
that Dr. Jonas Salk, who de
veloped the killed-virus polio
vaccine solely with Maren of
Dimes support, is a hero to
teens. It’s easy to see why. Dr.
Salk is a dedicated man, ab
sorbed in his humanitarian
work. Teens are very idealistic
and they gladly give their re
spect to anyone who earns it.
“I’m going to be a nurse be
cause I want a career that in-
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 3, 1963
is Top Tap
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
Johns to Celebrate
Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. W. Elbert Johns
will celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary at their home in Na
hunta Sunday afternoon, Jan. 6,
from 3:00 until 5:00 o’clock.
All relatives and friends are
invited to come by to see Mr.
and Mrs. Johns and help them
observe their Golden Wedding.
Their children are Miss Mae
Johns, Nahunta, Mr. Oden Johns
of Naples, Fla., Mrs. Delma Her
rin, Nahunta, Mrs. Edwin Blair,
Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Letha
Tucker, Nahunta, Mr. J. R.
Johns, Albany, Ga.
J. RUSSELL TUTEN
AND FAMILY TO BE
HONORED SATURDAY
Congressman-elect J. Russell Tu
ten and his family of Brunswick
will be honored with a send-off cele
bration on Saturday afternoon, Jan.
5, from 3:00 to 5:00 o’clock.
Friends in Brunswick are honoring
the Russells to give them an oppor
tunity to tell their friends Good-bye
before the new Congressman will
leave for Washington, D. C., on Sun
day, Jan. 6.
The celebration will be held at the
Cabana Inn in Brunswick, and will
be an informal open house gathering
at which time punch and cookies will
be served.
Card of Thanks
The family of Mrs. Eva S.
Dodge would like to extend their
deep most thanks and apprecia
tion for all the things done for
them during the past two weeks.
It has been a difficult time for
us all but the folks have been
so kind it has helped us to bear
up under it all.
Again, many thanks and God
Bless you all.
Parker Dodge.
Pipes for Pennsylvania
Tobacco pipes were as good as
money to the American Indians.
William Penn paid for part of
Pennsylvania with pipes.
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Suzie Willett, 18, Wilmington, Del., is national chairman of the
Teen Age Program (TAP) for the 25th Anniversary March of Dimes,
held, as always, during the month of January.
volves doing something nec
essary and useful. I’ve worked
as a hospital volunteer and I
know that I’ll be happy help
ing patients who can’t help
themselves."
Suzie, the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Albert V. Willett, Jr.,
spent last summer as a Candy
Stripe volunteer in Delaware
Hospital in Wilmington. Her
father, a chemist, is an execu
tive with the Du Pont Com
pany.
“I’m aware that occasionally
a tiny minority of teens get
into trouble and make head
lines,” Suzie says, “but I’ll bet
that if they found work which
they enjoyed, even this small
fraction would stay out of
trouble. I think that most of
all, a teenager wants to feel
respected and needed. I guess
in that sense, we’re no differ
ent from anyone else."
Popular Events Planned
From telephone and letter
surveys among TAPs all over
the country, Suzie reports that
the following TAP activities
are shaping up as the most
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Trhlik
returned to Baltimore, Md., last
Saturday after spending two
weeks with Mrs. Trhlik’s moth
er, Mrs. Lucinda Morgan.
Little Miss Phyllis Brown re
turned to Tampa, Fla., with her
mother and father Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Griffin, after spending
a month with her grandmother,
Mrs. Lucinda Morgan.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ham of
Brunswick spent the Christmas
holidays with Mrs. Ham’s moth
er Mrs. Lucinda Morgan.
Miss Janice Higginbotham has
returned to the Womans College
of Georgia after spending the
holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Higginbotham.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Higgin
botham and Janice visited Mrs.
Loree Mosley and sons in Jesup
during the holidays.
The executive board of the W.
M- U. of the Nahunta Baptist
Church will meet at the church
on Friday, Jan. 5 at 7:30 P. M. it
is announced by the president,
Mrs. Lila Crews. All officers and
chairmen are expected to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Purdom,
Mrs. J. W. Crews and Mrs. Lila
Crews were those from Nahunta
attending the Golden Wedding
Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Woodall of Blackshear on Sun
day, Dec. 23.
Singing Meeting
At Raybon Church
A singing will be held at the
Church of God of Prophecy at
Raybon Sunday afternoon, Jan.
6, it is announced by J. R. Proc
tor.
The people of this section are
invited to attend the singing. The
singing will start at 2:00 P. M.
If you are a subscriber to
The Brantley Enterprise, you
don’t have to borrow your
neighbor’s paper to see what
is going on in your county.
Subscribe to the
BRAN f LEY
ENTERPRISE
popular benefits for the 1963
March of Dimes:
• Dances head the list, rant
ing from informal sock hops
to Silver Anniversary Balls,!
glittering events which call
for formal gowns and gar<
denias.
• Street sales—there seems to
be an endless supply of
items which TAPs plan to
sell. These include tiny,
plastic Rainbow Crutches,
balloons, lollipops, peanuts,
donuts and carnations,
among dozens of other
products.
• Auctions — club members
auction off their services to
the highest bidder for a day
or an afternoon, working as
secretaries, baby sitters, shoe
shiners and the like.
•‘l’m thrilled that TAPs are
so willing to pitch in and work
for the March of Dimes,” Suzie
says. “This just proves one
thing I’ve felt for some time —
most of today’s teens are ideal
istic, and they are searching
for ways to express their
idealism.”
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
JUDGES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR STATE'S
OUTSTANDING YOUNG FARMER PROGRAM
Judges who will select the
state’s most outstanding young
farmer in the 21-35 year old age
bracket were announced this
week by Lenwood Hamilton,
Blackshear, state Jaycee Chair
man for the program. They are:
1. Dr. C. C. Murray, Dean of
School of Agriculture, Univer
sity of Georgia, Athens, Geor
gia
2. Mr. W. A. Sutton, Director,
Georgia Extension Service,
Athens, Georgia
3. Mr. William L. Lanier, State
ASC Director, Agricultural Stab
ilization & Conservation Com
mittee, Athens, Georgia
4. Dr. George King, Director
of Experiment Stations, Univer
sity of Georgia, Athens, Geor
gia
5. Mr. C. W. Chapman, State
Conservationist, Soil Conserva
tion Service, Athens, Georgia
Junior Chambers of Commerce
throughout the state are now
conducting program to determine
the most outstanding young
farmer in each community. From
community winners, judges will
select th® statp’s ,Ist, 2nd and
3rd place winners — young
farmers whd have made out
standing progress in agriculture,
have practiced proper soil and
natural resource conservation
and have made outstanding con
tributions to his community’s
well being.
District and State winners
will be announced February 2,
1963, in Columbus, Georgia at
the Outstanding Young Farmer
awards banquet.
The state’s Ist place winner
will join 49 other state winners
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on April 7,
8 and 9 for a three day national
awards program. On April 9 at
the national awards banquet, A
merica’s Four Outstanding Young
Farmers of 1962 will be an
nounced and honored.
Georgia’s program is part of
the sixth annual nationwide
search by 4,500 Junior Chambers
in all 50 states to find and honor
(An editorial reprinted from The Richmond News-Leader)
The smoke has cleared away from the recent hearings
on the decline of quality in flue-cured tobacco. It seems
there are two forthright schools of thought on the use
of the controversial chemical, MH-30. One school is all
in favor of MH-30; the other school is all against it.
Those in favor happen to be the growers; those opposed,
the buyers.
The growers, especially the family farmers, say that
MH-30 is a great labor-saving device, since it eliminates
the sprouting of suckers after the flower is topped off.
Otherwise, the suckers would have to be cut off by hand.
The buyers say that MH-30, especially when used impro
perly, puffs up the weight, and the profit, of each tobacco
plant, making the tobacco coarse and changing its chemi
cal constituents. Other practices, such as over-fertiliza
tion, also contribute to the decline of tobacco quality, but
the buyers blame the spread of MH-30 for the fact that
15 per cent of this year’s crop found no market.
Now that the hearings are over, what we said at the
beginning seems to us fully confirmed. The U. S. De
partment of Agriculture’s controlled acreage plan is ruin
ing the quality of American tobacco. The acreage limit
encourages the farmer to get as many pounds per acre as
he can grow. The price supports pay him for this wefghty
junk, even if the buyers go elsewhere. Significantly, all
those who testified in favor of the chemical were farmers
and their politicians. If it were true that MH-30 tobacco
is as good as the wptreated, the buyers would have no
reason to oppose MH-30. Where is their vested interest?
Ihe cold truth is that all domestic and export buyers
testified against the chemical, and even', the farmers’
own American Farm Bureau Federation expressed con
cern.
The USDA has found the chemical harmful, too. And
whatever the farmers say, the USDA knows that not even
the government can support the farmers in their folly in
definitely. Warehouses can only hold so much, and Fed
eral funds run out. MH-30 tobacco can be labeled as un
desirable grade, and price supports cut in half for it.
Yet in the chaotic world of government planning, a shrewd
farmer could still use the chemical, plant closely, and
boost his yield so much that he would make nearly as
much money from the price supports — without at all as
much work.
If MH-30 is such a villain, then why does much of the
treated tobacco find a market? Many farmers testified
that they had no trouble selling the other 85 per cent of
their crop, much of it treated. The answer is perhaps that
there just isn’t any other tobacco available — yet. Do
mestic manufacturers will probably always be dependent
on the controlled acreage of American tobacco. The ex-
porters, however, who now take 40 per cent of the Amer
ican crop, are switching to Canadian and African mar
kets as fast as these other sources can be developed. The
farmers may yet discover that they are on the wrong side
of the division of thought.
DIVISION OF THOUGHT
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, in state .... $3.09
Outside state 53.00
the young farmers who, during
the past year, have contributed
most to the nation’s welfare
through their farming occupa
tion. The national program is co
sponsored by the U. S. Jaycees
and the National LP-Gas Coun
cil.
The State’s Outstanding Young
Farmer Program is co-sponsored
by the Southern Nitrogen Com
pany, Inc. of Savannah, Georgia
and the Georgia Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
New Postal Rate
Goes in Effect
Monday, Jan. 7
The new 5-cent letter postage
rate recently enacted into law
will go into effect on Monday,
Jan. 7.
The nickel stamp is the same
postage rate Americans paid for
letters when the United States
issued its first postage stamps
115 years ago in 1847, research
shows.
Os the total volume of first
class mail handled locally and in
the nation, 75 per cent is gener
ated by business concerns. The
remaining 25 per cent generally
consists of personal letters to
friends and relatives, and indivi
dual business correspondence.
The one-cent increase on first
class mail will cost the average
family about or'*-half cent per
day, or about sl.ou a _ v„r.
Since 1932, living costs for the
American family have increased
118 per cent, but the cost of
mailing a first-class letter has
only increased by one cent, or
33 per cent. At 5 cents, as in
1847, it will still be one of the
greatest bargains in American
history/
